Comment Comment by tptacek There is no such thing as "entropy draining".If it's higher-performance than other UUID generators, fine, that's a win. But it's not doing anything useful for the system as a whole by sparing the "entropy pool". parent tptacek 10 years ago
If it's higher-performance than other UUID generators, fine, that's a win. But it's not doing anything useful for the system as a whole by sparing the "entropy pool".